'Sour taste in my mouth': Laid-off Boeing employee expresses frustration with company

[@daveb2778]

People need to realize they are just a number, to these big companies, Welcome to the Party Pal

[@chaoticrealm777]

Boeing is bleeding money right now and a union of theirs decides it's a smart idea to go on strike demanding for an almost 40% pay increase... this result was expected.

[@randyfrantsvog9747]

new ceo said these layoffs where coming regardless of the strike. add up the millions of $'s they spent on failed ceo's then get back to me about that "40%" increase.

[@Bleach1443]

They were bleeding from their own mistakes and rushing the workers instead of letting them do the building correctly! This a a common issue with capitalism

[@alexp1329]

This is Boeings MO. Hire, strike, layoffs, rinse and repeat!

[@CranberryFo]

I remember Boeing frequently doing layoffs even when I was a young girl. Like it would be on the news ever year. I remember even as an 8-year old vowing I would never work for Boeing because of how they treat their employees. Here we are decades later, and nothing has changed.

[@thuandao4243]

Blame union for retirement loss a decade ago….. you think other companies care about anything but their bottom line¿ Boeing always been a dream job in Seattle , with cushy salary than most other jobs.

[@Bleach1443]

@@thuandao4243Boeing hasn’t been a good job in a long time. Decent pay but they will treat you like trash stop defending this corporation

[@andis9076]

Instead of getting pay increase, they get pink slip, who see that coming ?? no one ?

[@AnhNguyen-ty4cv]

Non union and different union got laid off. Lol none of IAM got laid off

[@MySpace662]

When the company is struggling to survive, don't go on strikes for higher pay checks

[@Michaelcj-m2d]

CEO pay and stock buybacks are the problem.

[@Bleach1443]

Bro the company did this to themselves. You’re a joke

[@hhn2002]

people deserve a fair wage. the company is struggling at the hands of managements own doing why should the employees have to suffer. your comment is not the comment of someone that understands what its like living paycheck to paycheck while the higher ups are filthy rich off your back and making you pay for their mistakes!

[@dougtripp2431]

You're not the only people that can do your job.

[@orlandopockets6372]

anyone dumb enough to work for nothing is too dumb to make a safe plane

[@marky30mark]

Hahaha... Don't forget to Thank your Union...

[@gofar12345]

Go on the picket line to demand your job back! Thanks a Union!😂

[@thuandao4243]

They betta thank a union memba.

[@blueocean9305]

Yea. That works, NOT. Move on.

[@thewhitefox869]

@@thuandao4243damn I read it in her voice too 😂

[@Boc3phu5]

Unions really do suck

[@carebear2272]

My brother worked for them for years, laid off hired back on. Demand for planes work, demand down no work period. My brother adapted to this and was ok, that’s what valuable employees do…….

[@mitchnn]

Good luck this time. demand for planes are way way up, and they bleeding the last 6 years. Do you think they going to rehire anytime soon?

[@willisroth2871]

It's always cyclical, but with 6,263 airplanes on order, it's corporate this time, and they on purposely hired way to many, and instilled fear in them for the votes...But like many say, it's not my career, it's my job....

[@carebear2272]

Demand for planes up, doesn’t always mean from Boeing

[@robertgrays8790]

He knew the company does this, because it happened to him before! He also saw the writing on the wall! No sour taste there!

[@saulruiz9467]

I bet he’s not a IAM union employee from what i know it’s supposed to be managers and salary non IAM employees

[@wendys6438]

Boeing is going out of business. It's better to get out while you still can.

[@timr31908]

When you have a middle man involved.. it can cost you your job... Think about it

[@shutincharlie3461]

Successful strike?

[@derekcarpenter5394]

This has nothing to do with the strike they're just laying people off. Probably getting ready to hire a bunch of illegals.

[@johnayagan7419]

Some people are not always contented

[@marcom2248]

That's the right way to produce more planes and develope new tech. For Airbus. 🤣🤣🤣

[@dancerjim]

Why not tell managements side? I had to lay off 19 people was. It was very painful for me, one of the toughest days of my life. This is not easy in humans in management either.

[@alexyoon2633]

@@dancerjim You, sir, still has a good heart. A daughter of my colleague worked for HR dept of a global bank. After they SUCCESSFULLY laid of people they got fat bonuses and threw a big party to celebrate the successful round of playoff. She quit because she didnt have stomach. It is a cold and cruel world.

[@dancerjim]

@ Thanks, and you are right. People on social medium complain about employers, big corporations, rich people, government, politicians, unions, etc. Person justified in some ways. What I wish I could communicate is those groups are looking out for their own best interest, and that won’t change. The best thing one can do is educate oneself about things like economics and careers and then strategize, perhaps with help, how to do better give yourself the best life possible. Much more productive. There may be a few people in truly dire and unavoidable circumstances. But mostly I see people not understanding how the world works, making poor choices, and suffering because of it.

[@bobsu3001]

Lol round 2 is expected in December

[@cherifbar]

maybe they should not of gone on strike for two months.

[@oldtimer2192]

Not have

[@alexfrancis3603]

But hey! You guys got a raise tho! Doesn't mean you'll still be there to enjoy it....

[@SeaSnake123]

Wrong people. These are salary employees mostly managers.

[@jackspencer8290]

He wants to be anonymous because he still has to work there for awhile. Does he really think that no one is going to recognize his voice? Lol

[@LS-he9xb]

Stupid iam....congrats Union

[@bkh5746]

Stupid u are.welcome to 4 more yrs of tariffs and tax hikes of trump that biden left in place😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Treebeerdz]

Most likely not IAM people being laid off yet, more likely salary.

[@Dogatemyhomework927]

It’ll get worse when the wars stop

[@killerdoritoWA]

I only wished that the strike resulted with the employees owning 25% of the company. The executives will always remain loyal foremost to the shareholders, and will continue to cut costs and buy back stocks.

[@WetPets-gl2ts]

Boeing needs to move operation out of WA and OR.

[@GH-oi2jf]

No, Boeing's best years were when they concentrated in the Northwest.

[@garydanzer2081]

It would cost way, way too much. Boeing doesn’t have the money to move the main factory or composite wing building. Many, many billions of dollars and several years to build. Who will train and certify the new 33,000 workers to build aircraft? The instructors are Union and experienced workers. Not like moving a car dealership.))

[@Amanda-zd7ei]

These companies are evil

[@hotttt28]

Boeing is a horrible company to work for and has been for a long time !

[@jameshurley224]

Once again the door fell off.

[@kenmore01]

In case anybody cares, the machinists were the union members who went on strike. This guy works in fulfillment and must not be union because if he was, they couldn't lay him off. The strike was not his fault. He's a casualty but not just of the strike, but also Boeing's philosophies. Or, you can just keep blaming him for striking (which he didn't.)

[@ftroop52]

we must Protest = we have no JOBS NOW, LMAO !

[@Jimwenten]

As an investor all I care about is the amount of money I can make. I don't care about unions, company's or employees.

[@Ron4885]

17,000 ? My gosh.

[@imawakehereme1818]

I learned a lesson today,not to strike before thanksgiving to strike after new years when the company is doing amazing $$$$$$$😂😂😂❤❤❤❤

[@danlee2191]

When they layoff, its usually the less tenured folks, which is absolutely stupid if they need to replace all of the lifers, not sure how many lifers are still around, but Boeing has way too many problems to solve, especially if they still want to be competitive with Airbus, or just be a company that people want to work for.

[@NihonKaikan]

I guess demanding huge raises wasn’t the smartest move.

[@okhondaguy3288]

Your are worth way more. Just work where your pay is worth your skill.

[@saulruiz9467]

Thing is Boeing pays very well around the Seattle Everett area. At least 20-30k more than companies around the

[@invasivecoyote1361]

Everyone gets their jobs back. The only ones that dont are the ones that refuse to come back.

[@cujochihuahua5073]

@@invasivecoyote1361 not necessarily, some jobs are terminated, no chance of coming back.

[@todg-69]

You can’t build a plane you can’t go to work

[@kimberlyfamoly5863]

The CEO needs a big bonus and the money has to come from somewhere.

[@hotttt28]

That's what unemployment is for! Union up !

[@mitchnn]

You with union did this. This laid off is the result of destroying the company's finance with the wrong time to strike. The was bleeding for the last 6 years.

[@rja62b]

i just got hired and starting friday (nov 15) My manager says im not on the list of layoffs

[@robertnunn3015]

So they cant get planes built on time but they lay off tons of people . Airbus is having a party.

[@David-fu4vi]

Blame your union for pricing YOU out of a job. UAW priced it's members right out of their jobs and auto mfg. out of business. Union officials don't care, they have their parachutes.

[@EnlistedBombin]

You cost them money what did you think was gonna happen? Now they have less business less manpower needs. Guess where there going to start hiring though... South Carolina where they do not deal with this nonsense and boeing employes can live very very well on there pay checks.

[@steveelrino1339]

Not all striked, just the machinist union

[@EnlistedBombin]

@@steveelrino1339 Butterfly effect on that one eh? 40% more for them o% for other very very fair...

[@wil8115]

@@EnlistedBombin direct hires and the other union members, are taken care of better than machinists. another BSC fiasco, just what boeing doesn't need. its taken them 13yrs to finally deliver 5 planes a month and some are STILL be reworked in Everett before delivery. if you think the layoffs are mostly from the strike, you're clueless about what's really going on..

[@MB-rr1fb]

What do you consider paid very well................make sure you factor in the health insurance which costs several hundred per week and has big deductible .....also no pension.........just the way RTW state love it

[@thuandao4243]

This was predictable….

[@D3LT4K1L0]

There are no solutions, only tradeoffs. I wish the unions would lay out the potential downsides before the vote. Boeing is not an isolated example of massive cuts post union negotiotiated wage or benefit hikes.

[@Joe-shmoeSmith]

WHILE THE CEO IS MAKING 40 MILLION A YEAR . WHAT A SHAME

[@UPdan]

People cant afford to fly.

[@matthewg8168]

Tough crap maybe if you’re not gone on strike complaining about wages when you already make $55 an hour this wouldn’t have happened to you all the union workers that get laid off deserve it!

[@vck68]

Wierd, what an election can do.

[@22bk113]

Well.. expect more..when space x gets every government contract..

[@bobwilliams2615]

Do you have stuff to sell? I am always buying. I pay in cash.

[@pharmdzznutzz]

They went on strike, company lost billions. What do you expect

[@berj79]

Go for another strike? This was bound to happen, be frustrated with your self .

[@brucel.554]

Union cost you your job, my friend!

[@Treebeerdz]

The CEO literally said that the strike for the union has nothing to do with the layoffs.

[@olympiabase8204]

Play stupid strike games and win stupid lay off prizes

[@Matt-fl8uy]

It's nuts watching all of the layoffs announced since Trump won the election.

[@nlh5992]

Crap thank your union increase They were in trouble years before, shoddy work and lawsuits we’re killing the stock And the CEO and board will present stock holders with cost cutting action and pray they get more outside investment Or your going to see more layoffs and maybe no more Boeing

[@Matt-fl8uy]

@@nlh5992 There's a reason this layoff becomes effective just days before Trump is sworn in. They know the Trump administration won't support the workers.

[@jillbecker8651]

If you work for Boeing you will ultimately get laid off...

[@Marriedintheislands]

I thought the strike ended and everyone went back to work 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@erichstocker8358]

Boeing the great aviation innovator company is for all intents and purposes a dead company. Only it sole position in the US civil aviation company and it large defense contracts are requiring that the company not totally collapse. Boeing's downfall came when McDonald/Douglas bought Boeing with Boeings money. They adapted the anti-labor, anti-engineering, anti-safety culture based on that jerk hero who ruined General Electric. They allowed McDonald/Douglas people who espoused and supported this "anti" culture to seize the company and destroy the team culture that had been prevalent at Boeing. This destruction so that stock prices could be maximized can't be fixed quickly (or maybe at all). The company probably needs to collapse but the impact on international civil aviation would be huge. Quite a conundrum. Getting rid of the people you need to succeed because past management caused huge financial problems. Maybe executives ought to be given reasonable (not huge million dollar ones) salaries and smaller bonuses.

[@ryans2848]

The managers are being laid off this round not union so hah

[@Michaelcj-m2d]

Airbus 🇪🇺🇪🇺👍

[@ianpatrick23]

Oof

[@channelsurfing]

Boeing is a crime syndicate

[@xavierhucklenbruch1798]

This is Trumps America now...

[@jorijemison1070]

Mr. Trump HELP US!!!!!!

[@Nicklarson-m6m]

Trump isn’t responsible for fixing Boeings issues.

[@Michaelcj-m2d]

The man who bankrupted casinos😂​@@Nicklarson-m6m

[@orlandopockets6372]

bend over daddy trump will help you

[@orlandopockets6372]

as if he could if he wanted to rofl

[@yld629]

Thanks Trump...

[@barrywallace4415]

IDIOT FJB is your President till 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😪2025

[@barrywallace4415]

Harris and FJB are your favs! got what you voted for!😂😂😂

[@yld629]

@@barrywallace4415 lol cry baby

[@derekcarpenter5394]

​@@yld629Trump has nothing to do with this. Your boy Biden is still in office and madam Prostitute Kumala is still in charge.

[@siliconvalleyengineer5875]

I was a machinist at Westinghouse Marine Division in Sunnyvale, CA when in 1992 the Sea Wolf nuclear submarine contract was cancelled, and 7500 employees were laid off in a single day. We all knew the layoff was coming and most of the machinist already had another job lined up. These Boeing machinist/engineers knew this layoff was coming.

[@LibsRDumbarses]

Hahaha....whoa...shocker! NOT!

[@knappdaddy]

😂😂😂

[@saulruiz9467]

I bet he’s not a IAM union employee from what i know it’s supposed to be managers and salary non IAM employees